Agricultural implement



A. HAWKS o t; Is, 1927.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT F' iled June 26. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A. HAWKS AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT Oct. 18, 1927.

Filed J n 2a. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 18, 1927.

AMOS HAWKS, OF OGDEN, U'rAH,

AGRICU TURAL rivrrmmsmi v application filed J ne '26,

pactingt'hexmounting and control elements my invention and" wherein i' of the wecder blades thata strong, durable structureis produced which may be-readily operated tochange' the width of the cut with out clieckin by the operation thereof.

1 These :and' other object's I attain'b'y the cor' truction shown" in the accompanying drai 1:gs, -wl1ereintown purpose of illustrationis shown aperferred enibodiment *Fig'ure' 1' is a side 'el'evati 'n-of'acultivator constructed in accordance with my inventi ;,;*U a l"7, V

Figure 2 is a section on the-liiie22" of Figure 1; I

Figure 8 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a detail plan view of the front shovel showing the manner of connecting the same to the knife blades and to the braces. I Referring now more particularly to the drawing", the numeral generally designates a cultivator beam having an upturned rear end 11. Adjacent its forward end, a transverse bar 12 is secured to the beam and has upturned end portions 13 which are secured to the forward ends of handles 14 which diverge rearwardly. Between these handles in alignment with the upturned end portion 11 of the beam, a brace '15 extends and to this brace, the upturned end portion is attached preferably by forming in this upturned portion an eye 16 through which the brace is directed. The forward end of the beam is provided with means, as at 17, whereby a draft element may be secured thereto. Secured to the opposite side faces of the upturned end portion 11 are the rear ends of braces 18 which extend forwardly in parallel relation to a point adis a section on the line 44 of 1926. Serial- 118,591.

jacent their forward ends where they fdiverge, as at 19, and are eachsecured to one of the handles-14" The transverse bar 12' is securedftotlie beam-10 by the upper'end' of'a vertical post 20, the lower end of which has rigidly secured thereto a share 21 having a flat bot tom face22. From the upper end" of this share, thereis a rearward extension 23' ter- Ininatingin' an upwardly and rearwarfdly angling'portlon- 24' formed as a' coulter. To

this coulter is secured the lower end' of 3 rigid brace 25,- the upper end of which is secured to the beain10. The horizontal er;- tension mounts a pivot 26*t0" the lower end of which issecure'd the' forward ends of blade arms 27, ea'ch provided upon tlieirouter faces with teeth or blades 28 fo'rcutting'the roots of} weeds or the like. These blades each have at their rear end a vertically dis posed "rigid extension 29, the upper end of which is connectedby; afli'nk 30witlra cor respondii'ig'handle14;"

The upper end of-each braceghasfurther secured thereto the IQQJFBIid of alever 31;the connection being". in the form "of a securing element 32 directed througliasl0t extending longitudinally -ofthe lever.

The forward ends of these levers are pivoted to the transverse bar 12 at opposite sides of the beam 10. Slidably mounted in a longitudinally extending vertically directed 'slot 34 formed in the beam 10 between the transverse bar 12 and the point of attachment of the brace 25 is a cross h-ead.35 having an angular vertically directed rear end 86. To this cross head are pivotally secured the forward ends of links 37, the rear ends of which are pivotally secured to the levers 31 at points intermediate the ends thereof. To the vertically extending portion of the cross head is secured the forward end of a link 38, the rear end of which is pivotally connected, as at 39, to the lower end of a lever 40 pivoted to the braces 18, as at 41. The braces 18 have further secured thereto a segment 42 with which a latch 43 carried by the lever coacts' The vertically extending portion 11 pro-' vides means for attaching thereto a ditching shovel 44. In the present illustration, the ditching shovel is provided with a helve 45, the upper end of which is forwardly offset, as at 46, and provided in the offset spaced openings 47 coacting with openings 48 formed in the vertically extending portion 11 to receive securing elements whereby the ditching shovel may be held in vertically adjusted positions.

In the operation of the device, the lever is adjusted to determine the degree of divergence of the serrated bars 27 and ac cordingly the width of the out which is formed. These bars may be swung to a position where they parallel one another and have their adjacent faces in substantially contactingrelation or to a relatively wide angle,so that the range of adjust ment provided is considerable. The ditching shovel 44 may be employed or not, as is desired and when not employed may be secured in an elevated position, such as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 1, so that it does not come into contact with the ground. It will be noted that the plow point at the front of the machine will sever the ground, permitting the blades 28 to more readily enter beneath the surface 01 the soil and sever the roots of the weeds which are to be removed. In addition to severing these roots, the blades serve to loosen the top soil, so that it will remain moist.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is obviously capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing from the spirit of the invention, .I do not limit myself, to such specific structure except as hereinafterclaimed.

' I claim l. A cultivator comprising a beam pro-1 vided at a point between its ends with a longitudinally disposed slot, a standard attached to the beam at a point in advance of the slot, a sharecarried at the lower end of the standard, a brace connected at one end with the share and at its other end with the beam at a point behind the slot, blades pivoted to the share at a point between the standard and the brace, a cross head mounted for sliding movement along the slot, a lever mechanism for moving the cross head, and means operatively connecting the cross head with the blades.

2. A cultivator comprising a beam provided at a point between its ends with a longitudinally disposed slot, said beam being provided at its rear end with an angularly disposed portion, a standard attached to the beam at a point in advance of the slot, a share carried by the standard, a brace connected at one end with the share and at its other end with the beam at a point behind the slot, blades pivotally connected with the share at a point between the standard and the brace, handles connect-ed with the upper end of the angular extension of the beam and connected at their forward ends with the beam approximately at the point of connection between the standard and the beam, a lever mechanism carried by the handles and the angular extension of the beam and operatively connected with the cross head, and means operatively con necting the cross head with the blades.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

AMOS HAWKS. 

